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Democracy in action—with correctly spelled signs.

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No, efficiency isn't the goal. The goal is the dismantling of the New Deal and the policies and programs that followed it. Conservatives have been longing to destroy this version of our country for decades. They’ve never been closer.

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It’s cold comfort to say that only 31.6% of eligible voters supported Trump. Because here we are. Here we are because some portion of that 31.6% voted for Trump *because* of what they know about him, not despite it. And because another 34% couldn’t bother to vote at all.

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A more apt analogy than Germany 1933. Or, we could be living through Hungary 2010, when Victor Orban began undermining democracy while the EU fluttered uselessly. Or, we could be living through the US 1877, when the government abandoned Reconstruction to a South built on corruption & segregation.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Not the least bit surprised that the self-proclaimed champions of free speech want to choke it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Replacing DEI with LIE (lunacy, intolerance, extremism). Because it sure as hell isn't about merit. apnews.com/article/dei-...

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The US built the post war global order. We are now this uncanny paradox, historically inexplicable, angry rebels against our own hegemony.

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With “Anora,” Sean Baker did something Orson Welles with “Citizen Kane” and Woody Allen with “Annie Hall” couldn’t do — win an Oscar in all 4 categories in which he was nominated.

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Sean Baker has now won 3 Oscars. If “Anora” wins best picture, Baker will be the only filmmaker not named Walt Disney to win 4 Oscars in one year.

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The biggest disaster in U.S. history is the betrayal of Reconstruction: It starts with Lincoln's damning choice of Andrew Johnson as his running mate in 1864, continues with the refusal to try Confederate leaders for treason and concludes with the withdrawal federal troops from the South in 1877.

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Good god, the focus group remarks that are replayed here. … Swisher on Musk: “Why do you rob banks? Because that’s where the money is. Why do you rob government agencies? Because that’s where the data is.” Musk wants 2 things: Gov’t funding for Mars & gov't data to make his AI bigger than others.

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The unthinkable always seems to find a way to happen.

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Paul Fussell’s “The Great War and Modern Memory” has stayed with me since I first read it 40+ years ago while studying WWI and writing my master’s thesis on Thomas Hardy’s poetry. Just dusted off my old copy. Time for a reread. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/b...

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In 1955 (to choose an arbitrary year for reference), the U.S. government employed 2.3 million civilian workers, or about 1 worker for every 72 Americans. Today, with the population double what it was 70 years ago, the government employs roughly 3 million workers, or about 1 worker per 113 people.

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

The old Mercator projection trick ... foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/t...

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Classic political DARVO: deny, attack, reverse victim and offender. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Near the end of tonight’s Super Bowl, Tom Brady said he remembered his three Super Bowl losses more than he remembered his seven wins. “The reality of a loss in the Super Bowl is you just never get over them,” Brady said.

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A few sports writers might want to reconsider their stories declaring Mahomes the playoff GOAT. Tom Brady lost 3 of 9 Super Bowls w/ the Patriots by a combined 15 pts. Mahomes has now lost 2 of 5 Super Bowls, including one to Brady's Buccaneers, by a total 40 pts, and after committing 5 turnovers.

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Tony Roberts died Friday. He was the perfect straight man in a half-dozen Woody Allen films, including "Annie Hall." Speaking of which, here's my favorite scene between Allen and Roberts. youtu.be/GwrqROmabSs?...

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“Local control” has gone the way of “activist judges,” “family values” and other once-common Republican catchphrases. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

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If we ever needed our Democratic representatives and senators to act like Republicans, it's now.

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I’m sure China will be happy to fill the void. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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“We’ll own it,” Trump said, proposing the U.S. take over Gaza. Oh, we’d own it all right.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Starting my Bluesky era the same way I ended it on X (RIP, Twitter’s potential) — stuck on the question: Are Trump and his pseudo-conservative sidekicks more Batman villains or Bond villains?

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment